Mitchell Johnson (artist)
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Mitchell Johnson | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
| Alma mater | Parsons School of Design Randolph–Macon College |
| Occupation | Painter |
Mitchell Johnson (born 1964) is an American contemporary artist.[1][2][3][4] Johnson is known as a colorist.[5][6][7][8][9] His paintings often depict landscapes, architecture, and urban scenes.[10][11]
Johnson was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and grew up in New York and Virginia.[12][13][14][15] He studied painting at Staten Island Academy and earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Randolph-Macon College in 1986. From 1987 to 1988 he attended the Washington Studio School in Washington, D.C., and later he completed a Master of Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design in 1990.[16][17][18][19]
Artistic career
In 1990 Johnson moved to San Francisco and worked as a studio assistant to Sam Francis.[20][21][22] While working for Francis, he also began painting independently. In 2007 he was the artist-in-residence at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany, Connecticut.[23]
Johnson has held solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe, including Color as Content: A 25-Year Survey at the Bakersfield Museum of Art in 2015, Color Continuum at the Pamela Walsh Gallery in Palo Alto in 2021, La révélation de Meyreuil at the Musée Villa les Camélias in Cap d’Ail in 2024, Small Paintings at Galerie Mercier in Paris (May 2025), and Twenty Years in Truro (Selected Paintings 1989–2025) at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Massachusetts in 2025, and Mitchell Johnson: Personal Color (Selected Paintings 1988–2026) at Galerie Mercier in Paris in 2026.[16][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
His work has also appeared in group exhibitions, including Spectral Hues: Artists + Color at the Palo Alto Art Center in 2017, All in Favor: New Works in the Permanent Collection at the Tampa Museum of Art from 2022 to 2023, Recent Acquisitions: A CCMoA Permanent Collection Exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in 2025 , and the Summer Party Exhibition at The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut (June 2025).[37][38][39][40]
His paintings are held in museum collections, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, New Britain Museum of American Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Crocker Art Museum, and the Cape Cod Museum of Art.[41][42][43][44] His paintings have been used by the U.S. State Department’s Art in Embassies program. Johnson’s paintings have appeared in films including The Holiday (2006), It’s Complicated (2009), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) and The Family McMullen (2025).[20][45][46]
Johnson teaches a master color class at Truro Center since 2019.[47]
Personal life
Johnson is married to Iranian-American author/chef, Donia Bijan.[48][49][50]
References
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson : color as content / contributors: Peter Campion, John Goodrich, Sofie Filt Laentver, Alexander Nemerov, Marilena Pasquali, Claude Pichevin, Jennifer Samet, John Seed, Peter Selz". siris-libraries.si.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson interviews, 2008-2009 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ↑ ""A Parisian pilgrim," by David Platzer". The New Criterion. 2026-03-16. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ "Artist Focus: Mitchell Johnson". American Art Collector. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson: Abstract Realism, Realistic Abstraction by Donald Kuspit". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Silas (2018-10-01). "Mitchell Johnson: Creative Colorist". Punch Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "SEASONAL WARMTH AT CASTLE HILL: JOHNSON CAPTURES TRURO'S SPECIAL TEXTURES AND COLORS". Artscope Magazine. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson: "Are You Going With Me?"". HuffPost. 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Johnson, Mitchell (2025-01-10). "Mitchell Johnson: Paintings from Maine, Italy, Newfoundland, and San Francisco". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Larry (2021-05-21). "Interview with Mitchell Johnson". Painting Perceptions. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson : Giant Paintings from New England, California and Newfoundland - Article by Donald Kuspit". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(17)30326-9/pdf
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson". Questroyal Fine Art. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ James, Julissa (2019-05-06). "Go West, Young Man". nobhillgazette.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- 1 2 "Mitchell Johnson's Four-Decades Worth of Painting at His Debut Exhibition in Cap d'Ail, France". Prazzle. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Baer, Sheri (2024-02-08). "Q&A: Mitchell Johnson". Punch Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Artist Mitchell Johnson's paintings on view in Palo Alto". InMenlo. 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson: Color Continuum—Selected Works, 1988–2021 lands at Pamela Walsh Gallery". airmail.news. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- 1 2 Correa, Caitlin (2021-06-04). "What Does the Painting Want? Color & Structure in the Work of Painter Mitchell Johnson". I LIKE YOUR WORK. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Johnson, Mitchell (2025-08-20). "Mitchell Johnson: Twenty Years in Truro (Selected Paintings 1989-2025)". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Johnson, Mitchell (2021-12-17). "Paintings by Bay Area Artist Mitchell Johnson on View Now in Menlo Park and NYC". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ↑ "Exhibits". mitchelljohnson. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson: Where The Colors Are (Selected Paintings 1989-2024)". Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Artist Focus: Mitchell Johnson". American Art Collector. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Nonnenberg, Sheryl (2021-05-28). "'The story of an artist': Gallery showcases the vivid work of Mitchell Johnson". The Almanac. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Nonnenberg, Sheryl (2021-05-25). "'The story of an artist': Gallery showcases the vivid work of Mitchell Johnson". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Gerson, Stephanie (2023-07-20). "Slow and steady: Menlo Park artist Mitchell Johnson's latest exhibit 'It Takes Time' revitalizes former Pace Gallery in Palo Alto". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Whitehot Recommends: Mitchell Johnson small paintings at Galerie Mercier". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Johnson, Mitchell (2025-05-15). "Mitchell Johnson Exhibits Paintings at Paris's Galerie Mercier". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson exhibits paintings at Galerie Mercier in Paris". InMenlo. 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "THE HUSH OF HELD BREATH: JOHNSON'S QUIET PAINTINGS RETURN TO CASTLE HILL". Artscope Magazine. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson's Personal Color at Galerie Mercier in Paris". Hyperallergic. 2026-02-20. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson: Personal Color (Selected Paintings 1988–2026) on view at Galerie Mercier". InMenlo. 2026-03-01. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson: Personal Color (Selected Paintings 1988–2026)". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ Prost, Marion (2026-03-07). "Mitchell Johnson, l'artiste le plus chanceux de la rue de l'Université ?". Uniforme. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson | Biography". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Johnson, Mitchell (2025-07-10). "Mitchell Johnson Exhibits New Paris Paintings". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Dinan, Michael (2025-06-05). "Q&A: The Glass House 'Summer Party' Set for June 14". NewCanaanite.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "The Summer Party". The Glass House. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson – Savvy Painter". savvypainter.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson's 20 years in Truro: Color, art history, and an independent path". InMenlo. 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Artist Focus: Mitchell Johnson". American Art Collector. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Mitchell Johnson | American Art Collector - art - Read this story on Magzter.com". Magzter. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Recent Acquisitions Mitchell Johnson, Ogunquit Stieglitz 19x29". Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "Crocker Art Museum - Art - Pacheco Pass Road (Barns & Persimmons) by Mitchell Johnson | Crocker Art Museum". www.crockerart.org. Archived from the original on 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Storer, Abraham (2025-09-17). "Living Color". The Provincetown Independent. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Nonnenberg, Sheryl (2018-12-11). "A Creative Union". nobhillgazette.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ "An artist for all seasons". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
- ↑ Batti, Renee (2015-04-29). "Dishing up a colorful canvas". The Almanac. Retrieved 2025-11-11.